"open source enthusiast, linux freak and multiculturalist"

About me / curriculum vitae

IT Specialist with main focus on

Advanced Linux Administration
Database Administration and Tuning
Advanced Virtualization
Open Source Enthusiast
Advanced Network and System Administration

Work experience / real time experience

DKV Luxembourg S.A. in Luxembourg / Senior Linux Engineer / since February 2012

Advanced Linux and Open Source Engineer | Linux Clustering and Virtualization Expert
Anidris S.A. in Contern / IT Consultant / January 2011 - January 2012

Design and implementation of Enterprise Backup, Storage and Virtualization Infrastructure | Consulting and technical write-up for Data Protection and Business Continuity solutions based on EMC Legato Networker, Symantec NetBackup, Symantec EnterpriseVault, EMC Storage | Setup and maintenance of internal infrastructure based on VMware ESXi, Microsoft Hyper-V, Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Sharepoint Service and Microsoft Exchange, Red Hat Linux
Dartalis S.A. in Luxembourg / Security Consultant / July 2009 - January 2012

Pre-Sales and consulting for Database Security Solutions such as Sentrigo Hedgehog | Integration of Oracle Security Solutions | Security Consulting for Oracle and IBM DB2 | Strong customer experience and development of Database Security Strategies
Aspecta S.A. in Luxembourg / Unix Database Administrator / August 2007 - April 2009

System administration of heterogenous environment based on VMware ESX/vSphere, HP-Unix, SuSE Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Microsoft Exchange | Implementation of Nagios Monitoring, Security Infrastructure, TrendMicro Anti Virus | Database administration and tuning for Oracle Database, IBM DB2 and MySQL Server
IEE S.A. in Echternach / Team leader of Helpdesk & Database Administrator / January 2002 - August 2007

Database administration of IBM DB2 and Adabas including Lotus Notes backend | Migration from of legacy Adabas database to MaxDB and IBM DB2 | Application development in C and TCL/TK | Strong focus on Linux and Open Source | Setup and Maintenance of world-wide Linux Server infrastructure including on-site training of employees in China and USA | Administration of global infrastructure for eight sites across three continents | worldwide on-call service and several business trips to USA, China and Slovakia | Team Leader of IT correspondents/helpdesk | yearly attendance to IDUG DB2 conference
SuSE Linux AG in Nuremberg / Professional Service Engineer / June 2000 - December 2001

Consulting and Support (2nd and 3rd level) for SuSE Linux Enterprise Products | Technical support of internal IT infrastructure within European subsidiaries | Technical lead and product design of SuSE Enterprise Database based on IBM DB2 Database